Updated July 31, 2025 by the ABC7 Data Team
Updated July 31, 2025 by the ABC7 Data Team

ABC7 is tracking crime and safety across the city of Chicago and in your neighborhood.


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Sexual Assaults
1,771

Last 12 months
Through July 22

Average Sexual Assaults
1,803

Yearly average
2021 to 2023

Sexual Assault Rate
66.5

Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months

Average Sexual Assault Rate
67.7

Per 100,000 people
2020 to 2022


Sexual assaults over the last 12 months are down 2% compared to the annual average over the last three years, according to Chicago Police Department data through July 22.

The city averaged 34 sexual assaults a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 36 a week.

The figures included here are for cases Chicago police classify as “criminal sexual assault,” which includes any forcible rape - or attempted rape - of any person regardless of age or gender.

A closer look at Chicago sexual assaults neighborhood by neighborhood

The danger is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood. ABC7’s data team looked at the Chicago Police Department’s public data about sexual assault reports by neighborhood from 2019 through July 22, 2025.

The map color codes each neighborhood by the sexual assault rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blue areas are neighborhoods with sexual assault rates higher than the citywide rate. You can also choose to see neighborhoods by the number of reported sexual assaults.

Click on any neighborhood on the map to see detailed numbers, rates and trends. You can also search for a street name, place, landmark or zip code.